Semua Bab Mastering Charlotte: Bab 221 - Bab 230

RichardMichael curses and slams onto the accelerator, but it's not clear who will reach the women first. Spot-lit by beams from three directions Charlotte halts, hovers for a fraction of a second, then suddenly releases Elizabeth, shoving her in our direction, gesticulating and screeching instructions at her. My wife totters towards us but Charlotte dashes off to one side, vanishing into the darkness and one of the cars turns to follow."Shit!" spits James. "We can't follow both!" "Neither can they…" mutters Michael, his foot still hard on the gas as he helter-skelters towards Elizabeth. "Get ready to pull her in," he shouts back to me, but I'm already half hanging out of the back door, reaching for my Love. She can see me and in the harsh light of the head-lamps, her eyes are desperate, swollen, her face white and tear-streaked as, seeing me, arms outstretched, she screams my name.As we are all but on top of her, Michael jams on the brakes, in a tyre-shredding, teeth-

RichardElizabeth sips at the wine, then, "I'd not been there long when the door opened again and this time it was Charlotte." She twists around to look me in the face. "Master, I just wanted to cry when I saw who it was. They shoved her inside and locked the door behind her." Another sip of wine. "She didn't seem a bit surprised to see me....""No, she wouldn't. Her entire aim was to get to you. To get them to take her to you."She ducks her head, shrinking in on herself. "She really set herself up to save me?""Yes, she did. Against everything that anyone could do to stop her. Will Stanton suggested the idea, but Michael and James wouldn't hear of it. They said it was far too dangerous...."Do I tell her that I tried to stop Charlotte too?.... Later perhaps, when she's recovered....She digests this. "And those combs she gave me.... It was just an excuse to plant a tracker on me? So, you could find me?""It seems so. You can ask her yourself when we get her back."

As ever, Jenny is in the library.What is she looking at?As he watches, she slips a book from the shelves. 'Just Six Numbers.' Martin Rees.Mr Kalkowski nods a small satisfied nod. An interest in astronomy is almost bound to lead to an interest in cosmology.Still unaware of his presence, Jenny sits at the table with her book, humming a soft tune."Good morning Jenny. You're sounding very cheerful this morning."She startles and twists, for one moment the fear showing....What happened to her…?Then, recovering herself, she blushes pink, the colour rising from the scooped neckline of her summer dress, up and over her pale skin. "Oh, hello Mr Kalkowski."The teacher pauses, wondering if he has committed a faux pas. "Jenny, is something wrong?""Oh no, nothing wrong. It's just...." She sucks at her lips, her book forgotten. She rises from her seat, then perches herself against the table to face him. "We were keeping it a secret for now at least, but I want to tell yo

As the bell rings it is clear right from the start that Josh is the better fighter. His opponent is more heavily built, but bulky and slow moving with it. For every blow he lands on Josh, he receives three or four back, all well placed and scoring points. Unlike Jenny's match, it runs the full distance, four rounds being a boy's bout, but Josh wins it easily.Jenny finds herself studying the match with a kind of professional interest, scrutinising the moves between the opponents, squirrelling away manoeuvres and techniques to try herself. Chad watches with a kind of fascination, all the while his gaze on Josh.And as he is announced the winner, Josh grins down at them, pumping his fist in the air.*****As the event breaks up and the competitors, showered and changed, make their way out to cars and buses, Mrs Collier brushes imaginary lint from her jacket."Well, I still can't say Levi, that I entirely approve. I haven't changed my mind on that. But Jennifer did make a good s

RichardJames is intent, scrolling through something on his laptop.Then I realise that, in fact, it's Charlotte's laptop."What are you looking at?"A smile tugs at his mouth. "Her browsing history."Really?I cock a brow.... "You don't think that's a bit like spying on her?"He sniffs. "With everything that's happened, I think we can assume that if she didn't want me to see it, Charlotte would have deleted the information. She would have known it was one of the first things I'd look at.""And of course, you are her Dom.…"His voice is dry. "Am I? I'm glad you think so.…"Time to change the subject...."What's in the history?"He sits back, fingers steepled. "She has been teaching herself to hack."I suppress the urge to laugh.Why am I not surprised?At least she's consistent...."Hack? Hack what?""The surveillance system for this building for a start."Hmmm...."That's a lot to learn very quickly isn't it?""In case you hadn't got it yet, Cha